How often do we procrastinate when we should be writing? I'm always telling myself my life will be less busy next week. My son will be back at college so less laundry, more writing time. I'll have my doctor's appointment out of the way, so more writing time. I'll be caught up on some overtime stuff I need to do for the day job, so more time for writing. I'm always telling myself next week will be less busy than this week. And it seldom it.
Procrastination is human, but for writers it can be a real career staller especially if you don't have a definite deadline. Doing work on a computer can provide lots of distractions and some of those even let us feel like we're actually working instead of playing.
So I'm not waiting until next week to get back to work on my edits for Book #3 in The Futhark Chronicles, Beneath the Mountain. Because I'm sure next week will bring its own 'extras' to take up my time.
Do you have a favorite procrastination sinkhole? What have you been putting off?
9 comments:
My procrastination downfall for writing is . . . reading!
I LOVE that graphic. I've been struggling lately because I'm swamped at work, so my output is not what I want. And then when I get home I'm so tired the words don't even make sense on the paper. But I've bumped up writing as a priority for me over time. If I don't get it done, I'll never go anywhere with it, and then I'll always be buried in work. So I have to keep pushing :).
I have a long list that includes gaming, movies, TV, and blogging. Lately reading as well. Oh well!
I procrastinate with cleaning, reading, and blogging. My muse can sometimes drag me to the computer and breathe down the back of my neck until I write, though!
I laughed out loud when I saw that picture! That is exactly what I need.
This blogging thing is my sinkhole of distraction. I can't help it, I'm curious to see what everyone is writing. I really have to discipline myself to get off the internet and WRITE some days.
Sounds like we all share our temptations. Blogging is my biggest time sink but I do enjoy it.
Reading.
I've been putting off reading the first draft of my novel; I really have to get moving on them. I need to borrow that muse.
That picture? Amazing.
I procrastinate a hell of a lot, and I put it down to too many hobbies. There's too much to take my attention away.
I want to write a short story for the Fantasy Faction competition, but it's just getting the time to sit and write the damn thing!
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